The sword and the crown
The Vacuum of Power and the Ascent of the Emperor.By Marcus H Williams
Length1h 18m
About this audiobook
A nation broken by blood. A vacuum of power. A soldier waiting in the wings.
The revolution did not end at the scaffold; it merely changed shape. After the fall of the monarchy, France spiraled into a decade of stagnant corruption and paranoid violence. In this concluding volume of The Red Silhouette, Marcus H. Williams explores the cold, calculated ascent from the ashes of the Terror to the iron rule of an empire.
Follow the arc of power:
The Final Executions: Witness the somber, irreversible moments as both King and Queen face the blade, severing France’s last ties to the old world.
The Engine of Virtue: Step inside the clinical, terrifying mind of Robespierre as the Reign of Terror devours itself.
The Stagnant State: Navigate the corruption and disillusionment of the Directory, a nation desperate for stability at any price.
The Brumaire Gamble: Experience the high-stakes tension of 1799, as Napoleon Bonaparte seizes his moment at Saint-Cloud.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length1 hr 18 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Palace of shattered glass
5The Tumbril and the Law
2The room of the convention
6The whiff of grapehot
3The Law of Prairial: The Vote That Legalised the Guillotine
7The Orangery at Saint Cloud
4The cart to the scaffold
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